Originally I wanted to talk about Leopard from a tech point of view covering overlooked features. And after working on an outline for that all day I’ve decided that I’d rather do something else. That is that Leopard will have the same effect that the Macintosh 128 had on computing. It’s a bold thesis. In looking at these features I’ve come to the conclusion that Leopard positions the Mac in a way that radically changes the way that I will work with people.
Paradigm shift for Files
unix is all about file names
OS as we know it have been defined by this
Mac Finder added icons for file types
Type and Creator made app and files work better.
OS 9 could have little tiny previews but were largely worthless
Cover Flow means I can search visually NOT by name.
Quick View for just about anything means just about anything will just show up.
Click the file, press Space.
Add in Sticky Views for a Finder window and it’s very powerful
for example having the Pictures folder always in Cover Flow mode.
Finding is different because of Quick View
searching for “Logo” discussion
found a document that I thought I’d lost discussion
was browsing I saw something that looked like something I’d lost
it was named untited3
User based app building
Smart Folders
a different view of data.
they were there in Tiger but Smart Folders run MUCH faster now.
Web data can be a Dashboard
Find something on the web.
Select it.
There it is.
Automator
FAR better ability to automate.
DashCode - not beta anymore! Awesome way to make a Dashboard.
make something in 10 minutes!
Quartz Extreme.
Programming without programming.
Lots of other dev tools ready to go.
Dictionary is the wrong name based on what it does.
It should be called Reference because that’s what it does.
the speed is stunning.
how long will it be before other “libraries” are hooked to this?
urban dictionary for example
or can they be.
Unification of Content
Photo Browser in Mail
Email / Contacts
incoming data
Events
Work space is different once again with Spaces
If Exposé didn’t change the way you work then Spaces will
Spaces built in does more then extend the screen.
Back to My Mac
The reason to have dotMac.
iChat Theater
Sure there are all kinds of solutions for screen sharing but this one is amazing.
Reach out and help somebody.
Being able to screen share into anyone’s screen is a revolution
as long as you have the right router.
http://arstechnica.com/reviews/os/mac-os-x-10-5.ars
http://www.macworld.com/2007/10/reviews/leopard_review/index.php
http://www.macworld.com/2007/10/features/leopard_pricing/index.php
http://www.thinkmac.co.uk/blog/2007/10/leopard-stupidity.html
http://mattgemmell.com/2007/10/28/get-rid-of-your-code-with-leopard
MacBreak Weekly 64… http://www.twit.tv/mbw64 goes feature for feature.
